At one of the facilities of the Volga Region University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism - the Aquatics Palace - the final sets of medals of the stage II of the "Friendship Games" in diving were drawn on Sunday.

Ivan Karpov and Artem Levin were the best in the synchronised junior platform diving, and Daria Demidova took the first place in the junior individual diving. Gleb Ryabov won on the one-metre springboard and Alexander Cherepakhin had no equal on the three-metre springboard, winning his third gold in Kazan.

"We scored low for us, so we're not very happy with the performance. First place is good, but we could have done better. The competition was strong. All pairs could have won. We will go to the third round of the Friendship Games. It will be very difficult there, all the leaders will come," the athletes shared their impressions.

"Happy with my performance, although not everything worked out. It was difficult to win, as many athletes showed good programmes. In terms of level, the Friendship Games is a more complex and large-scale competition than the Russian championship. Now I will prepare for the next stage," said Gleb Ryabov.

"I had a lot of worries about the tower before the start, as the competition is very good. But I prepared hard, as I knew the tournament would be difficult. My coach supported me, telling me that everything will be fine, that I can do everything. "The Friendship Games was a great competition. Everyone was going point-for-point, it was very hard," said Daria Demidova.

"Three gold medals - one from the meter, one from the triple jump and another one in the synchronised jumps from the tower. I have to be honest, only one jump turned out, and everything else could be better. The third stage of the Friendship Games will be 100 per cent harder. The main team will be there, and I haven't jumped at their level yet," said Alexander Cherepakhin about his victory.

A total of 106 (77 athletes born between 2004 and 2008 and 29 coaches) from three countries including the Russian Federation, Serbia and Belarus took part in the diving tournament. Already on 20 November, the swimming competition will start at the Games of Friendship.

Press service of ANO "Directorate of sports and social projects"